Little Tinks Childminding

03/10/2026

29/09/2026

🏫 School Nursing Support for Children Aged 5–11

Did you know parents and carers can contact the HDFT School Nursing Team directly for advice and support with their child’s health and wellbeing?

The team can offer support with a range of areas including sleep, toileting, healthy lifestyles, emotional wellbeing, behaviour and health needs affecting school attendance.

📱 You can contact a School Nurse through Health Chat using the HDFT Children’s Health Service App, or speak to the Middlesbrough team by telephone.

Full details, including how to download the app and get in touch, are on the poster below. 👇

Please feel free to share with any parents or carers who may find this service helpful. 💙

29/09/2026

The children used tweezers to pick up and move objects within the autumn-themed sensory tray. They demonstrated developing fine motor control, hand-eye coordination and pincer grip. The activity encouraged concentration and perseverance as the child carefully squeezed and released the tweezers. The child was also supported to count, recognise numbers and develop vocabulary relating to autumn, colours, size and texture, we talked about how the leaves changed colours and dropped to the ground in autumn.

21/09/2026

Our autumn themes activities today .
Our children developed their fine motor control and hand–eye coordination as they used the scoop to pick up and transfer objects. They demonstrated concentration and perseverance as they explored how to manipulate the objects and equipment. With adult support, the child was encouraged to develop mathematical language such as ‘more’, ‘less’, ‘big’, ‘small’, ‘full’ and ‘empty’. We used tweezer to help strengthen hand grips to help with writing skills later on. We counted the conkers and sorted all the coloured pom-poms out.

21/09/2026

How to apply Applying online You can apply online if: you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have at least one child under 4 years old your family’s monthly ‘take-home pay’ (also called ‘earned income’) is £408 or less from employment you get Universal Credit To apply online, you’ll ne...

19/08/2026

12/08/2026

🚔 A very special visit from our local police! 👮‍♀️👮‍♂️

What an amazing experience for our children! The children had the opportunity to meet police officers, explore a real police vehicle and learn all about the important role the police play within our community.

The visit provided lots of valuable learning opportunities linked to the EYFS and Key Stage 1, including communication and language, understanding the world, personal and social development, road safety and learning about people who help us.

The children loved asking questions, exploring the police car and learning about the equipment the officers use. It was wonderful to see their confidence, curiosity and excitement throughout the visit. ❤️

A huge thank you to our wonderful police officers for taking the time to visit us and make learning such a memorable experience! 🚓✨

Learning through real-life experiences, curiosity and play.

11/08/2026

🥹❤️ One of those moments that makes your whole day…

Something happened today that honestly made my day — in fact, probably one of the loveliest moments of my childminding life. 🥲

Two boys who came to me when they were just 9 months old and 3 years old, and who left me a few years ago, came over to me today while they were out with their friends.

They said, “Hi Helen, how’s things? Nice to see you!” 🥹❤️

I absolutely loved that they came over to say hello, especially when they were with their friends. As children get older, sometimes they reach that stage where they don’t want to acknowledge you in front of their mates because it’s “embarrassing” 😂 — so I asked if I could have a hug, and they both happily said yes. ❤️

Well… I nearly cried! 🥲

It might seem like such a little thing, but to me it meant so much. I cared for these boys when they were so little, watched them grow, and became a tiny part of their childhood. To know that years later they still remember me, come over to say hello and are happy to give me a hug is just the loveliest feeling.

Moments like this remind me exactly why I love what I do. ❤️

You never really know just how much of an impact you have on a child’s life until they’re older and come back to show you that they remember. 🥹

My heart is full tonight. ❤️
I hope I didn’t embarrass them too much x

11/08/2026

Gorgeous afternoon picking sunflowers 🌻 for our mummies and daddies x

07/08/2026

Had the cinema to ourselves today